I called my surgeon today. He is busy with major surgeries today but said I could come into the hospital today to see him or a resident if the pain gets worse. I think the pain is a little better this morning, though. Since there is no fever or any other sign of infection, he thinks it is musculo-sk...

I had my reversal surgery on Monday, so I realize I am only a few days out. But I am still experiencing great pain around the surgical site. Specifically, there seems to be a muscle right above the stoma hole that is particularly sore. I can only describe it as a burning pain, which only goes away i...

I didn’t do as much walking yesterday as I wanted to. I still have soreness in my abdomen and some gas, so today I am out and about more. I realize I am only five days out from surgery, but I’m ready for this pain to go away. So far I have had intermittent bowel movements, all liquidy. I can feel st...

Welcome home. I bet it feels good. Do you have a special diet or any limitations? How long are you out from work? Pain? The thought of the reversal is pretty scary, I worry about urgency, frequency but your system is still just a little sleepy yet. S I am following a low-residue diet. So far I've e...

Just got home from the hospital. I’ve had four BM’s today, all pretty small and liquidy (except the first one was more). I ate some solid food before I left the hospital. My stoma site is very tender and the rest of my abdomen feels tight from gas and maybe some swelling from the surgery. Everything...

Just spent night number two in the hospital and still no passing gas. I have plenty roiling around in there but so far it’s just come out through burping. Now that I’m no longer getting IV fluids I’m going to put some normal clothes on and walk around the hospital. I walked a lot yesterday, but each...

Oh man, a private room would be a game changer for me. It’s a luxury here in NYC. :) I’ve had five hospital roommates and three of them have been awful: complaining and having complications and refusing to get up and move. Doesn’t inspire me much, except maybe greater motivation to leave soon! My ve...

Yes I’ve walked around three times since surgery. Meanwhile, per usual, my roommate isn’t doing what she needs to do to help her pain by walking around, same as my last two roommates. So frustrating to me.

My reversal surgery is done! My surgical site is very sore, but otherwise no pain. I had pain all over my abdomen when I woke up, but they gave me pain meds. My surgery lasted less than 90 minutes. I’m very comfortable in my hospital bed. I’m right next to the bathroom which is good, and my roommate...

I start my bowel prep tomorrow for surgery Monday. I'm dreading it because about a week after chemo ended my appetite came back with a vengeance. I'm hungry all the time! I wake up hungry in the middle of the night. Tomorrow is going to be rough. Time to find something to binge-watch. I've been expe...

My PCP finally submitted all my medical clearance records to my surgeon today, for my surgery Monday (!). It was a little dicey because even though my onc said he wanted to do final blood work, when I met with him on Monday he said he didn’t realize he would need to send my blood off to the PCP for ...